The Successful Pitch with John Livesay: TSP051 | Karla Nelson

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TSP051 | Karla Nelson - Next steps to getting funded 0

Mar 21, 2016

Episode Summary

Karla Nelson is an entrepreneur, business innovator, and a power connector. She is a thought leader at Sac-cess.com and is heavily involved with Latch.com, a company that helps connect the right business professionals within the real estate industry. Her message is clear: entrepreneurs need a strong ecosystem of support or else they'll burn out and become uninspired. She also says to never underestimate a person and their personal network of people.

Key Takeaways

03:25 - Why did Karla become an entrepreneur?
06:25 - What does Karla mean when she says, 'the significant of next'?
08:35 - How did Latch.com get started?
10:50 - It's about the quality of the relationship instead of quantity.
14:55 - Karla is helping the Sacramento community.
16:00 - The reason why everyone wants to go to Silicon Valley is because of the network.
17:30 - Technology allows us to work remotely and do great things regardless of our location.
20:25 - Transparency is the key to successful and trusting relationships.
26:00 - The death of an entrepreneur is solitude. You need to have an ecosystem.
27:45 - VCs need to see your passion.
28:25 - There's nothing you can't do with passion.
31:40 - There's sales and then there's everything else. Learn how to sell yourself.
33:05 - Karla recommends two books.
36:40 - You're one person away of massively changing your life. Don't underestimate a person.

Tweetables

Death of founder is solitude.
Connection through empathy.
Only one person away from changing your life.
People buy with emotion and back it up with logic.

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